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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- First World War York
- Margaret Clitherow
- New Shopping Centres
- The Basilica
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Greyfriars
- Water Lanes
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Bombed
- St William's Shrine
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre